Berkshire Hathaway’s 2Q profit declines 9 percent

Published August 4, 2012 12:43am ET



OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Second-quarter profits at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. fell 9 percent because of bigger paper losses on derivatives the company sold, but many of its subsidiaries performed well.

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